| Often merged with
Colchicum, but distinguished from that
genus (as is Bulbocodium vernum) by their completely separate (rather than basally fused)
"petals", which open starrily in full sun, the merenderas make
"excellent plants for collectors" (Jellitto & Schacht) and
colchiphiles. They like sun and well-drained soil, and so take well to
the rock garden or cool greenhouse. |
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| Merendera sobolifera
~ In late winter the curious, rhizome-like corms of this little cutie
send up crowds of inch-wide, pale-pink star-flowers, making it an ideal
candidate for the cool greenhouse, bulb frame, rock garden, or sand
bed. Steppe/montane; Caucasus to N Iran. Zone 6. Enter quantity: |
1/$4 |
 Merendera trigyna
~ Pink-suffused, white, inch-tall flowers – somewhat fuller than those
of most
merenderas – nestle inside a triad of relatively broad leaves in
February and March. A natural companion to the early-blooming
colchicums. Steppe/montane; Caucasus to N Iran. Zone 6.
.Enter quantity: |
1/$6 |